After ECON 1012
Gateway: ECON 1012
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ECON coursework.
Generated from George Washington University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ECON work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 72 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 54 more ECON courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ECON, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
International economicsall required
One 3-credit course pertaining to international economic theories and policies selected from the list below. Students with a specialization in international economics must take ECON 2181 and ECON 2182 . ECON 2181 counts toward the major requirements and ECON 2182 counts toward the international economics specialization. Students who are specializing in international economics do not take ECON 2180
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: ECON 1012
Gateway: ECON 2101
The deepest prerequisite chains in ECON. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at ECON 2159
5 courses deep, ending at ECON 3105
3 courses deep, ending at ECON 6391
3 courses deep, ending at ECON 8303
All ECON courses in the GWU catalog
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